Practice rounds for CFP candidates

You can study the plan.
Now practice the meeting.

FPRounds puts CFP candidates across the table from AI-simulated clients with realistic finances, real pushback, and messy goals. You run the discovery meeting, gather the data, build the plan, and deliver it. We score you against the CFP Board's seven planning elements.

2 free rounds / monthNo credit cardScored on CFP rubric
The pipeline gap

You passed coursework. You can price an annuity. You have never once sat across from a client and held eye contact while they told you about their father's dementia and the second mortgage.

Firms can't afford to teach juniors the basics. So juniors can't get hired. So the pipeline narrows and the profession ages out. FPRounds exists because practice reps shouldn't depend on being someone's nephew.

How a round works

Four stages, start to score. About forty minutes a round.

Every round mirrors the engagement you'll run on the job. Pick a client. Run the meeting. Build the plan. Get scored on the same rubric the CFP Board uses.

Who it's for

Three kinds of candidates, one missing piece of the path.

The registered student

Enrolled in a CFP-Board program, staring down the exam.

You're in Dalton or Kaplan or College for Financial Planning. You know case studies on paper. You've never opened a fact-finder with a stranger and had to slow down because they started crying.

My program teaches the content. It doesn't teach the conversation.
The career-changer

Pivoting in from accounting, banking, or teaching.

You've got the discipline and the math. What you don't have is a year of shadowing a senior advisor. You need reps that don't require a warm introduction you don't have yet.

I'm 31. I can't intern for free in someone's back office.
The new associate

Just-hired at a firm, trying to not look green in meetings.

The firm hired you anyway. They don't have time to walk you through discovery meetings. You want the reps on your own time, before you sit next to a lead planner in a real one.

I'd rather make the mistake in a round than in front of a real client.
What you actually get

Not a course. Not a quiz bank. A practice environment.

01 / Client simulation

Simulated clients who push back.

Every client has a financial profile, a communication style, and two or three emotional quirks. They interrupt. They misremember their 401(k) balance. They'll tell you their brother-in-law has a better idea.

Client profiles42
Life-stage mix8 stages
Difficulty tiersIntern · Paraplanner · Associate · Lead
02 / Scoring

Graded against the CFP rubric.

Seven planning elements plus meeting skills. Every round returns a composite score, element-level breakdown, and a written rationale showing where you missed and what a senior planner would have said instead.

Rubric elements7 + skills
Max composite175
Rationale length~500 words
03 / Portfolio

A record hiring firms can read.

Completed rounds compile into a shareable portfolio: scenario context, your scorecard, the recommendations you made, and the badges you earned. Send a link to a principal. They can audit your work in twelve minutes.

Badge tracksDiscovery · Delivery · Edge
ExportLink · PDF
VisibilityPrivate by default
Pricing

Cheaper than one hour of a paraplanner's time.

Free
$0/ month
Two Intern-tier rounds per month.
  • 2 Intern-tier rounds / month
  • Full CFP rubric scoring
  • Written rationale on every round
  • Associate and Senior tiers locked
  • No portfolio export
  • No meeting replay
Start free
Most candidates
Pro
$19.99/ month
Unlimited rounds across every tier.
  • Unlimited rounds, all tiers
  • All 42 client scenarios
  • Full CFP rubric + meeting-skills scoring
  • Portfolio export. Share link or PDF.
  • Meeting transcript replay
  • Badge tracks and XP
Go Pro
Cancel any time. Student verification gets first month free on Pro.

Your first round takes forty minutes.
Your first real client meeting will take longer.

Run a round. See the rubric. Decide from there.

Run a round
2 free rounds / monthNo credit card